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The UK government has published its Kyoto Progress Report in which it claims to be able to surpass, even double, its 2010 target of 12.5% below 1990 levels.

As the climate warms so atmospheric humidity also increases producing water vapour, which is itself a greenhouse gas, causing an additional warming effect in the atmosphere.

A gas used for fumigation has the potential to contribute significantly to future greenhouse warming, but because its production has not yet reached high levels there is still time to nip this potential contributor in the bud, according to an international team of researchers.

Farmers across the tropics might raze forests to plant biofuel crops, according to new research by Holly Gibbs, a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University's Woods Institute for the Environment.

As Gordon Brown tackles saving face and the economy with President Obama, his predessor, Tony Blair meets with senators, governors, business leaders and international experts to discuss US domestic action on climate change.

The World Development Movement has criticised a UK government plan to put almost £400 million of 'green' aid designed to assist developing countries low carbon development into a World Bank fund that will subsidise new dirty coal power plants.

London 2012 has published the first edition of its sustainability guidelines for corporate and public events, underlining its commitment to staging a sustainable Games in 2012.

An international team of scientists have discovered that rainforest trees are getting bigger. They are storing more carbon from the atmosphere in their trunks, which has significantly reduced the rate of climate change.

Dr Vicky Pope, Met Office Head of Climate Change, calls on scientists and the media to 'rein in' some of their assertions about climate change.

A new study published in the journal 'Nature' this week reveals, for the first time, that temperature changes over Greenland and in North Atlantic ocean circulation played a central role in abrupt climate change during the last Ice Age.

Two measures were announced today by the Department for Energy and Climate Change to help provide clarity and confidence for consumers concerned about climate change: New Carbon offsetting quality mark; Consultation on clear definition of "carbon neutral".